Human Rights Diplomacy: Contemporary Perspectives -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction. Human Rights Diplomacy-Contemporary Perspectives -- 2. Framework for the Analysis of Human Rights Diplomacy -- 3. A Short Reflection on Human Rights Diplomacy -- 4. The Role of Human Rights Ambassadors in Human Rights Diplomacy-Perspectives from Spain -- 5. Human Rights Diplomacy of Small States -- 6. The European Union as a Human Rights Actor -- 7. Human Rights Diplomacy and the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights -- 8. Human Rights Diplomacy from a UN Perspective: A Complement to Advocacy -- 9. The United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies as Diplomatic Actors -- 10. The Human Rights Diplomacy of the UN Secretary-General -- 11. Human Rights Diplomacy of the United Nations Security Council -- 12. Conference Diplomacy and Human Rights -- 13. Human Rights Diplomacy: The NGO Role -- 14. National Human Rights Institutions as Diplomacy Actors -- 15. The Relevance of the Multi-Stakeholder Approach and Multi-Track Diplomacy for Human Rights Diplomacy -- Annex: Report on the High-Level Workshop on Human Rights Diplomacy, Venice, 30-31 January 2009 -- Select Bibliography -- Index.